Notes for “Clerics influence EU at highest level”

1. The Lisbon Treaty is formally known as TFEU, the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.
 

2. “Vatican's Role at UN Expanded”, Catholic Family and Human Institute, 17 July 2004. For a more detailed account, see Serra Sippel, "UNfulfilled: The Holy See Backs off From Its Claim for Full Membership of the UN, Settling for the Rights Already Held by Palestine", Conscience, Winter 2004-05.